2 Esfand 2588 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 2 Esfand 1408 Shamsi and 2030-02-20 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
2 Esfand 2588 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Wednesday — equivalent to 2 Esfand 1408 Shamsi and 20 February 2030 Gregorian.
As the new semester opened — on the fortieth-day mourning of the Dey uprising's fallen — a second wave rose from the universities: a sit-in at Shahid Beheshti, street blockades at Amirkabir, and a rally at Sharif that was attacked by Basij militiamen. Students in Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Yazd chanted "Death to the dictator" and called for Prince Reza Pahlavi.
Modern Era
Today is 2 Esfand in the Shahanshahi calendar — one day in thousands of years of unbroken Persian culture.
تو مرا جان و جهانی، تو مرا کان و کان بی تو یک لحظه ندارم ز جهان هیچ نشان
“You are my soul and world, you are my mine of mines Without you for a moment I have no sign of the world”
— Rumi